Fox Is Rebooting 24 Without Jack Bauer, Which Is Garbage

Fox announced today that they plan to launch a reboot of 24 without Jack Bauer, which is sort of like Konami making Metal Gear Solid without Hideo Kojima. It's just not going to work.
The new series is called 24: Legacy, as EW reports. It will star someone named "Eric Carter" — lmao — and they're looking for a totally new cast to replace Jack, Chloe and all the other moles who have circulated through 24 over the last glorious decade. Instead of bringing Jack back for more time-defying escapades — or even getting the stellar Yvonne Strahovski to return in her iconic role as Lady Jack from 24: Live Another Day — they're just rolling the dice on a totally new cast of characters.

NOT COOL, FOX.

Just read this, via EW:

"There's also a female co-lead who is a former head of CTU," said Fox Television Chairman and CEO Dana Walden at the Television Critics Association in Pasadena on Friday. "It doesn't feel like it is fully replicating the original in terms of how much Jack Bauer carried by himself, but it's a very prominently featured lead."

Walden also revealed to reporters there will be a time jump in the show's storyline and that Legacy will deal with sleeper cells radicalizing Americans. "It's a new CTU, a new cast of characters," she said. "It's a completely different story in terms of the special ops groups that we're focusing on. It's a very contemporary feeling story about the potential to activate new sleeper cells in the United States and radicalizing Americans. It's a whole new story. There are nods in the pilot to prior CTU agents, there are a couple photos that will feel reminiscent of the original, but no ongoing [returning] characters."

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Sorry I don't share your pessimism. I actually remember how bad some of the 24 seasons got. Kiefer looked tired and was merely collecting a paycheck by the end of it all.

It will star someone named “Eric Carter” — lmao — and

What are you, 12? Because "Jack Bauer" was a much better name? Condemning something before knowing anything about it is a fools errand. Lest you take a moment off shooting yourself in the foot and realising that over the last 12 months alone we've seen some amazing restarts to old movies and shows that have been stunningly good. New life is what 24 needed, as it was merely hobbling to the finishline, especially after the last season dumped the 'realtime' aspect. So bring it on. All it can be, is potentially bad, or potentially good. Who knows.

I think I only made it to the 4th season but up until that point, I thought it was one of the most tense, morally ambiguous shows of its time, asking some genuinely controversial and insightful questions that if asked today would be dismissed as if we actually knew the answer. Seems like the priority shifted to the villain and a bit of interest was lost in the political and cultural perspective of the show - which I always thought separated it from the rest.

That's exactly what happened. Started off brilliant like you said but as it got long in the tooth, it shifted its focus and became a poor imitation of itself. Hindsight helps a lot of people conveniently forget that it seems.

I never could take the show layout seriously it was just stupid, supposed to be in real time (24 hours) complete with ticking clock but apparently nothing happens during the ad breaks? so nothing for 6 hours? maybe that's when everyone went to the bathroom due to not being able to go for 18 hours? who needs sleep or food anyway?

Everyone, QUESTION WHERE TIME GOES in every movie to render them pointless. Hopefully, the next generation of acclaimed writers can fill this black hole of of an issue for all scripts in existence before the next show you watch. Those time-hopping thieves I call "writers" must pay - GIVE ME BACK MY TIME!

We want keifer Sutherland back right now I don't care about rule and order damn you bring jack Bauer NOW or else I going to angry at me I want keifer Sutherland back right now and then we want 24 episode on Fox now I don't care about rule and order dumbass

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